"The successful completion of this test marks another significant step toward qualifying the parachute system for human spaceflight." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

Three Chinese taikonauts — Wang Jie, Chen Zhongrui and Chen Dong — will be extending their stay aboard China's Tiangong space station after their return capsule was struck by a presumed piece of ...

India continues to refine the hardware and recovery procedures for its Gaganyaan human spaceflight program. The latest exercise, called the Integrated Air Drop Test (IADT-01), was carried out at the ...

A Danish non-profit organization launched its homemade space capsule Sunday (Aug. 12) in a key test of the craft's safety systems. Copenhagen Suborbitals' "Beautiful Betty" capsule — with a crash-test ...

India took another step toward its first-ever human spaceflight last week, successfully testing the parachute system for its Gaganyaan astronaut capsule. The test occurred on Nov. 3, using an Indian ...